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MatinSAR has given the simplest way to solve this. Taking initial velocity of the second car to be -30 m/s is wrong. That value is 0.

"I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong" "I know v_2(6)=0, so 0=v_0+5(6) v_0=−30 ". Here you are assuming (1) acceleration to be 5 during the first 6 sec. During the first 6 sec acceleration actually is 0. (2) You are assuming the initial velocity of second car to be unknown but that is...